West Hempstead High School has named Nathaniel Vaduthala and Tina Tudisco as 2017’s valedictorian and salutatorian, respectively.
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By Jake Pellegrino
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6/22/17
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Sofia Gutierrez, a West Hempstead High School senior and a culinary student at Nassau BOCES Barry Tech, has been nominated to the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program.
“It’s exciting to be in the running for this award,” Gutierrez said.
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4/20/17
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The streets of West Hempstead seem like an unlikely birthplace of a sports team that was in first place in the National Collegiate Roller Hockey Association’s Division II last week. But it was just part of growing up for Jesse Gordon, Avi Marguiles and Moshe Genuth — West Hempstead residents who attend Yeshiva University and play on its squad, the Maccabees — the only all-Jewish team in their collegiate roller hockey league.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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2/21/17
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Because of a major snowstorm, the Malverne and West Hempstead school districts, as well as Our Lady of Lourdes, Grace Lutheran and St. Thomas the Apostle schools, all canceled classes and activities on Thursday.
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2/9/17
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Catholic schools across the South Shore are busily preparing for the upcoming Catholic Schools Week from Jan. 29 to Feb. 4, which will be celebrated across the country with an array of fun, …
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By Scott Brinton
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1/22/17
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Each month since September, West Hempstead resident Robin Rodriguez, 16, and roughly a dozen sophomores and juniors from West Hempstead High School venture out to make the worlds of several dozen senior citizens a more beautiful place. They lug makeup bags, facial lotions, manicure tools and supplies, and head to the Atria, a senior residence in Lynbrook, to boost the residents’ spirits with a little personal pampering and a lot of personal attention.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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1/17/17
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A: High school students are only several short years from adulthood – and with it, the financial freedom to take out loans, sign leases and charge to credit cards. Many teenagers don’t …
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Christopher Zarra, CFP®, ChFC®, CFS®
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1/12/17
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There’s been a lot of activity going on at Malverne American Legion Post #44, thanks to prospective Eagle Scout, David Matos.
Matos, 18, a Valley Stream Central High School senior, was in the …
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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12/7/16
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In a sacred, thrilling, stress-filled, tear-stained yearly ritual, our area high school graduates are heading off to college, the next chapter in their journey to . . .
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9/1/16
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I hadn’t truly understood or appreciated the mindset of an 18-year-old black woman until I read Amon Brown’s excellent article, “Black Lives Matter rallies in East Meadow,” published recently in the Heralds. Brown, who is 18 and African-American . . .
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8/3/16
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